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Houses, hotels, and the vegetable market in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
The city of Nha Trang in Vietnam. View of the city. Vehicles parked outside a temple entrance. A van leaves the area. Modern buildings in the commercial district. Elaborate houses and hotels. The Nana Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. A swimming pool in a hotel. Other buildings and shacks. A local marketplace. Locals in conical hats sell fruits and vegetables such as bananas and durians. Men and women in shacks and stalls in the market. A young boy stands on a rock structure.
Cold War weaponry and NATO and American readiness for strike; Polaris Submarine and its features.
Aerial side view of formation of USAF B-52 Stratofortress bombers in flight in a blue sky. Dusk or dawn view of the White House in Washington DC and trees bare of leaves. Closer view of a single light on in one window of the White House while all else is dark. President Johnson seated at his desk reviewing paperwork. Close side view of President Johnson at work. American children spin on a playground carousel ride. Views from an outdoor market in Latin America or South America. Scenes of Bangkok, Thailand, boats with wares for sale seen in river, Wat Arun Temple. Low aerial views of a Polaris Submarine cruising at water surface. Crew of U.S. Navy Polaris submarine seen inside the submarine, including crew working in control room, and crew relaxing in a galley while one crew member plays a guitar. Crewman reading in his bunk while others play a game of chess. A line of submarine bunks. Crewman in engine room of Polaris submarine, passing by tubes of Polaris Missiles. Narrator indicates there will be 41 such submarines carrying over 600 such missiles, in movement at all times. (Mutual Assured Destruction). Sunset over waters of ocean. Children in Honduras walking to school. Honduran children in a classroom while teacher speaks. The Honduran children read books and listen to the teacher's instruction.
Shriver shows articles collected from various nations and tells the objectives of the USPC to an interviewer in Washington DC.
Director of Peace Corps Robert Sargent Shriver in Washington DC. Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. is interviewed as he prepares to leave his office. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. shows slogans on a board. The slogans are 'Nice guys don't win ball games' and 'There is no place on the club for good losers'. He talks about the beginning of the United States Peace Corps (USPC) and its objectives. He talks about a musical instrument. He shows another musical instrument with an autograph of the President of Guinea, Africa. He shows a glass replica of a Buddhist temple (WAT) from the University of Bangkok and a honorary degree, Doctor of Political Science. Excerpt from a speech by the Foreign Minister of Thailand in his tribute to the USPC. He talks about his experiences as the Director of Peace Corps and works of the USPC.
ROK troops visit the Chao Phraya river during their R&R trip to Bangkok.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. The Chao Phraya river in the city. Barges and boats in the river. Bridges across the river. Houses along the shore. Palm fringed backwaters. Vegetable and fruit sellers in their boats. Sellers wearing coolie hats.
ROK soldiers fly in a Pan American DC-6 aircraft and go sightseeing in Bangkok.
Republic of Korea (ROK) troops' Rest and Relaxation (R&R) trip to Bangkok. ROK troops boarding a Pan American Douglas DC-6 aircraft. The aircraft in flight. Aerial view of the shoreline from the DC-6 window. The aircraft during approach and landing. The soldiers get off the aircraft, vans arrive to pick them up. A group of soldiers sightseeing. They board a sightseeing boat. Boats and ferries in the water. Soldiers with women in the boat.
Second Sino-Japanese War
Opening scene shows formation of Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers in flight. View of bombardier at bomb sight inside a bomber. Bombs falling from the aircraft, upon the Chinese city of Shanghai, on a day in September, 1937. Ground level view of bomb exploding and Chinese civilians running for cover. A huge explosion throwing earth up. Aerial view of smoke rising from bomb strikes below. More ground views of bombs destroying structures. Chinese people fleeing across a bridge. Cluster of bombs falling from a Japanese airplane. More explosions and destruction. view from a G3M bomber, of others with bombs falling from them. View from above of civilians filling a street as they run for shelter. People on the ground rushing in all directions. Some are in horse-drawn carriages with luggage on top and other in rickshaws, apparently fleeing the city altogether. Bombing victims lying on the ground near destroyed structures. Heavy dark smoke rising from the attacks. Scene shifts to Japanese army officers entering the Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo. Behind them is A Shinto Tori (Gate) and behind that, the monument (statue) of Omura Masujiro. Scene shifts again, to view of the Temple of Heaven, an ancient Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Peking (Beijing) China. Chinese agriculture. Crowds of Chinese people. Stone statue of traditional Chinese lion. Picture of 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by the German American artist Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze, of Washington crossing the Delaware. Drawing of 15th century ship similar to one in Columbus'1492 voyage to America. Drawing of Roman Empire era building. Michelangelo’s statue of Moses. Drawing of ancient Egyptian pyramid and statue. Drawing of Chinese city and environs representing 4 thousand years ago. Extant ancient Chinese shrines and statues. Animated Relief map of China and surrounding countries of U.S.S.R., India,Burma,Thailand, Indo-China, Philippines, and Japan. Animation outlines China Proper. It also shows Manchuria and scenes from there of desolate mountainous land, with miners at work extracting raw materials. Mongolia and Sinkiang are outlined. The Gobi desert is seen with a long camel caravan crossing it. Closeup of nomads transporting animal skins by camel. The last region outlined is Tibet. The ice covered Himalayan mountains are shown. Buddhist monks praying in the courtyard of a shrine in Tibet. The Yellow, Si Kiang, and Yangtze Rivers are shown on the map. Views of Chinese sailing vessels.
